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Welcome to Quito ...

Quito is located in Tipton County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Quito, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

Quito is 390 feet [119 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Quito lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Quito and travel east, you will leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Code for Quito: 731

Communities Also Named Quito ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Quito - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, California (2), Kansas, Mississippi and Texas.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Quito.

Communities near Quito ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Quito.

  • Memphis
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Bartlett
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Spring Lake
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
    • Spring Lake is located in Shelby County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Lake
    • Estimated population in 2014: 34,269 people
  • Lakeland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Arlington
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Millington
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
  • Clopton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
    • Clopton is located in Tipton County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clopton
    • Estimated population in 2014: 9,889 people
  • Atoka
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
  • Covington
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Munford
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Quito. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Quito.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Quito. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Quito.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Quito. See our Newspapers Page for Quito.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Quito ...

Looking for more information about Quito? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Quito, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Quito.

Adding Quito to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Quito in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Quito was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<4>

From that list, the Quito post office opened in 1886. The Quito post office closed in 1919.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Quito.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Tennessee's counties, including Tipton, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Quito - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/